Tag: Founding fathers

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George Washington, First U.S. President
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”

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Maxine Waters, Representative from California
“Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.”

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Patrick Henry, Famous Orator
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”

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Nancy Pelosi, Former Speaker of the House
“But we have to pass the bill, to find out what’s in it, away from the fog of controversy.”

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Thomas Jefferson, Drafted The Declaration of Independence
“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”v

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Alan Grayson, Representative from Florida
”Why would you want to put people in charge of government who just don’t want to do it? I mean, you wouldn’t expect to see al Qaeda members as pilots.”

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Samuel Adams, Famous Orator and Inspiration for Brewers
“Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.”

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Barack Obama, U.S. President
“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”

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John Adams, Second U.S. President
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

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Al Gore, Former Vice President
“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”

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Ben Franklin, Philosopher and Ambassador
“It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.”

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George Mason, Drafter of Virginia Declaration of Rights
“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.”

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Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator
“If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up everyone of them (every gun) Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in. I would have done it.”

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Thomas Paine, Writer of Famous Pamphlet “Common Sense”
“Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.”

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Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
“The American people do not like privatization. They are afraid of the debt the president’s willing to do. And they don’t like benefit cuts. And everyone here should understand… [the] Senate Democrats are united. We are not going to let this happen.”

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James Madison, Framer of the Constitution
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

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Barack Obama, U.S. President
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”